How to make fancy jewelry by yourself | Guest post

We all love jewelries, don’t we? A stylish necklace or a beautiful pair of earrings can brighten up your outfit to make you look ...

We all love
jewelries, don’t we?

A stylish
necklace or a beautiful pair of earrings can brighten up your outfit to make
you look fabulous everywhere you go.

In my previous
posts I showed you two DIY braceletes made by myself (for those who missed it,
check DIY
Vintage Pink bracelet and Mixed
media blue bracelet).
Today you don’t even need to spend a lot of money to have a great piece of
jewelry in your collection and be glamorous. In fact, the new trend today is
eco-friendly jewelry, that is jewels made from recycled materials or renewable
resources that you can find everywhere, such as bobby pins, nuts, seashells,
beads.

Another trend is do-it-yourself jewelry. Both
eco-friendly and DIY jewelry help us not only to find and create really
original pieces, but also to spare money. You can either find materials and
then create new fancy jewelry, or you can buy already existing piece of jewelry
and rethink their design by adding or removing ,here and there some parts of
it. Necessary supplies can be found in markets, in some specialized shops, but
also on the internet, which makes everything much easier.

Many shops
have an online retailer and some don't even have a physical shop and exist only
online sending you your goods directly to your door. But let's not forget free
classified websites (here an example) that allow you to
search for pieces of jewelry available in your city. You can find there a
plenty of second hand (as well as brand new) pieces of jewelry to
redesign.

Do you want
some ideas to create your own original jewelry?

·Painted bobby pins earrings

We all have
bobby pins and nail polish at home. So we already have all we need to make this
colorful pair of earrings to wear at tonight’s party. You just need a craft
wire and earring hooks: start painting the bobby pins on a cardboard to keep
them straight and choose the colors you love. Use tape to create the pattern
you want and let it dry. Cut two strips of wire and twist them around each
other. Put the pins on the wire and attach your hook. Simple as that.

·Rope bracelet

This is a
cute bracelet that you can wear everyday on every outfit. You will need:
scissors, thread, copper tube, pearl beads, rope, lobster clasp, metal rings
and pliers. First, string the rope through the copper tube, then sew as many
pearls as you want on the rope. Fold an end of the rope to create a loop and
use the thread to wrap it firmly. Place the metal ring and the lobster clasp on
one loop and only a metal ring on the one and close with pliers. Done!

·Spoon ring

Yes, a ring
made with a spoon… or a fork if you prefer! For this you will need: a sterling
silver spoon with a cute handle, a metal cutter, a file or sandpaper and a
dowel. Choose the shape of your ring as it will determine the length of the
handle. Measure your finger and then cut the handle of the spoon with the
cutter and file the end with a file or with sandpaper until it is smooth. Now
bend the handle around the dowel using a shear. Finally, polish your brand new
ring and wear it!

See? In
just a few minutes you can have a new and trendy set of jewelry to match your
style and personality!